Sauers, Michael P.

Blogging and RSS : a librarian's guide / Michael P. Sauers. - Medford, N.J : Information Today, 2006. - xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to blogs -- The library blogosphere. Part 1, The blogs -- The library blogosphere. Part 2, The bloggers -- Creating a blog -- An introduction to RSS -- Using an aggregator -- Feeds for librarians -- Creating feeds.

Libraries increasingly use blogs and RSS feeds to reach out to users, while librarians blog daily on a range of personal and professional topics. The way has been paved by the tech-savvy and resource-rich, but any library or librarian can successfully create and syndicate a blog today. Sauers showcases interesting and useful blogs, shares insights from librarian bloggers, and offers step-by-step instructions for creating, publishing, and syndicating a blog using free Web-based services, software, RSS feeds, and aggregators.

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Communication in library science--Technological innovations.
Library science--Blogs.
Librarians--Blogs.
Library Web sites--Design.
Communication in library science--Technological innovations.
Librarians.
Library science.
Library Web sites--Design.
Web log--Bibliothek.
Bibliothek--Web log.
RSS --Bibliothek.
Bibliothek--RSS
Communication en biblioth economie--Innovations.
Library Science--methods.
Communications Media.
Computer Communication Networks.
Internet.


Blogs.
Blogs.

Z680.3 / S38 2006

025.04

Z 680.3 / S2559b 2006